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EC to study Police report on sarees distribution

A senior Delhi Police official said the report was prepared on the direction of the EC and sent to the watchdog. He, however, declined to divulge its content.

Updated on: May 10, 2004 11:49 AM IST
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A meeting of the full Election Commission to be held here tomorrow will examine the report submitted to the poll watchdog by Delhi police tonight on the distribution of sarees allegedly by BJP in Delhi Sadar Lok Sabha constituency which goes to poll tomorrow.

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"We have received the report and a full Commission meet will study it tomorrow," an EC official said.

He, however, said he was not aware who were named in the FIR lodged by Delhi police in connection with the incident.

A senior Delhi Police official said the report was prepared on the direction of the EC and sent to the watchdog. He, however, declined to divulge its content.

Earlier in the day, Delhi Police seized 12 sarees which were distributed in a slum cluster in Delhi Sadar constituency and detained a policeman attached to BJP nominee and Union Minister Vijay Goel as Personal Security Officer and two slum dwellers. Goel denied the charge.

Goel takes on senior Congress leader of Delhi Jagdish Tytler in Delhi Sadar.

 
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